The following is an example of creating a heart racer animation.

library(heartRacer)
library(gganimate)
library(fit)

Loading and prepping the data.

# Reading in FIT files 
ride1 <- read.fit('bikeRideFiles/ride1.FIT')
ride2 <- read.fit('bikeRideFiles/ride2.FIT')

# heartRacer wants a list of records from FIT files

record_list <- list()
record_list$ride1 <- ride1$record
record_list$ride2 <- ride2$record

Making the plots.

# Creating animation
ani_plot <- heartRace(recordList = record_list,
                      zoom = 11, 
                      map_type = 'satellite')

# There are some warnings regarding unknown aesthetic
# These are a result of using gganimate

# Plotting
animation <- gganimate(ani_plot, 
                       filename = "heartRacerAnimation.gif",
                       interval = 0.1)
Example Plot

Example Plot